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India Blue nosed ahead in another nail-biting finish, against India Red, to seal a place in the final of the Challenger Trophy

ESPNcricinfo staff27-Sep-2013
Scorecard and ball-by-ball detailsFile photo: Yuvraj Singh produced another whirlwind innings to bolster his case for national selection•BCCI

India Blue nosed ahead in a high-scoring encounter against India Red to seal a place in the final of the Challenger Trophy. Blistering half-centuries from captain Yuvraj Singh – returning from a bout of back spasms which forced him to miss the first match – and Abhishek Nayar ushered India Blue to a daunting 345 in 50 overs. Abhinav Mukund and Smit Patel kept India Red in the hunt and despite a stumble in the end, a cameo from Umesh Yadav made it a tight finish.Yuvraj took full toll of a pressure-free situation – India Blue were 176 for 2 when he arrived at the crease – to settle into a punishing innings. His first boundary required 16 balls, but in the next ten that followed his boundary tally swelled to five, including a six over deep midwicket off seamer Suraj Yadav. The half-century came off 35 deliveries and Yuvraj briefly entertained a tryst with a century, but while looking to retain strike he was run-out. The wicket also ended a mammoth 151-run stand for the fourth wicket with Nayar, off only 78 balls.Nayar, the man who had sent Yuvraj back, could have endured stern repercussions, if not for matching his captain’s belligerence with an unbeaten 39-ball 75. With little over 14 overs left, Nayar struck two crisp fours through the off side to kickstart his innings. His fluency against pace – epitomised by two scooped sixes – ensured India Blue’s total ballooned to almost 350. Credit is also due to Akshath Reddy, whose steady 84 prefaced the onslaught.”We wanted to stay until the end,” said Yuvraj, “And my plan was to bat till the 45th over and go after that and luckily Nayar’s been in great form and he carried on. I think he batted better than me and he took us very close to 350″He was aware of the proximity of a second List A ton in two weeks. “I wanted to [get a century] but Nayar didn’t take the second run but obviously if he had run, maybe he could’ve gotten out. I’m just happy with the way I’m hitting the ball and looking to carry on”The chase proved thrilling once again, with Smit Patel – going strong on 68 – having to exit due to cramps in the 33rd over. India Red were 176 for 2 at the time, mainly thanks to a 134-run partnership between Smit and Abhinav Mukund, who made 83 off 86 balls. But with the asking-rate rising toward 10 per over, wickets began to tumble.Kedhar Jadhav, Ishank Jaggi and Gurkeerat Singh contributed vital hands as India Red maneuvered past 300 in the 47th over. No. 11 Yadav hoisted Bhuvneshwar Kumar over midwicket and meted out the same treatment to R Vinay Kumar in the final over and when he fell, for 19 off eight balls, Smit walked back out to the field to overcome an equation that read 13 off three, but it was not to be. Vinay Kumar dismissed Shahbaz Nadeem to signal victory and ended up with four for 76.Patel said it was frustrating that he couldn’t carry on and see his team through. “While keeping, I felt it (cramps) towards the end but it used to go away,” Patel told the . “The pain started when I was batting in the 30s, and it got worse when I tried or pushed hard. The cramps kept coming and going. After the sweep shot, I was in terrible pain and just couldn’t stand. It just got stuck. I couldn’t walk, run or do anything else.”India Red will now turn their attention to a virtual semi-final against Delhi on Saturday, when the latter will be bolstered by the presence of Gautam Gambhir, who has returned from his stint with Essex.

ScorecardShivnarine Chanderpaul, not for the first time, played a lone hand in the Derbyshire top order•Getty Images

Derbyshire finally mustered some resistance to take their match against Durham at Chester-le-Street to a fourth day. After subsiding for 113 in their first innings they were 49 for 5 in the second after being set a target of 472, but closed on 181 for 7.Shivnarine Chanderpaul made 76 and put on 98 for the sixth wicket withwicketkeeper Tom Poynton, who remained unbeaten on 56 on his return to the sideafter being axed because of his lack of runs in the first four games.Chris Rushworth, the man nominated to stand down if Graham Onions becameavailable, followed his 6 for 64 in the first innings by taking three morewickets. The rules state that Onions would have had to be on the ground for the start ofthe third day, but although not in the team, England retained him at TrentBridge.In the morning Durham opener Keaton Jennings followed his 93 in the firstinnings by completing his maiden championship century. Resuming on 65, he made his way carefully towards the milestone with a seriesof singles and reached his hundred off 247 balls. He was on 122 at lunch, when Durham led by 446 on 306 for 7, but added onlyone before being run out.Mark Wood fell lbw on the back foot to give occasional offspinner Dan Redferncareer-best figures of 3 for 33 and Durham declared on 331 for 9.Derbyshire reached 19 before three wickets went down for one run, Ben Stokestaking two of them. Stokes nipped a delivery back to remove Richard Johnson’s off bail, then CallumThorp found some extra bounce to have Wayne Madsen caught behind. In Stokes’ next over Michael Richardson held a fine catch low to his right atthird slip to get rid of Chesney Hughes.Rushworth returned for a second spell and took the next two wickets, pinningWes Durston lbw and having left-hander Redfern caught at first slip.Chanderpaul reached 50 off 73 balls then hit Scott Borthwick for three fourswhen the leg-spinner was finally introduced, only to be removed after conceding34 in four overs. Just as in the first innings it was Rushworth who persuaded Chanderpaul to feelfor a ball just wide of off stump, which he edged to Phil Mustard.

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Turma boa que segue a batida aqui no LANCE!. Depois da estreia desta coluna na edição da quarta-feira passada, queria desta vez falar de um tema alto astral, para cima, mas infelizmente mais um episódio triste marcou a história do futebol do Rio de Janeiro e até do Brasil. Uma briga de quinta série entre Vasco e Fluminense por quem ficaria no setor sul do Maracanã, na final da Taça Guanabara, domingo passado, com disputas judiciais, confusões nos arredores do estádio, crianças, mulheres e idosos no meio de brigas entre torcedores e policiais… Uma vergonha. Mas que todos têm a sua parcela de culpa para este acontecimento.

O Vasco está no seu direito pela tradição por conta da conquista no século passado, e o Fluminense também está no seu direito pelo contrato estabelecido com o Complexo Maracanã. Isto nem contesto. Nem entro neste mérito. Mas não poderiam resolver a questão em comum acordo, representando à altura o tamanho e a história que os clubes possuem? Precisam ter em mente que o futebol é de paz, amor, que a disputa é só nos 90 minutos de bola rolando. Precisam ter em mente que a segurança de todos os envolvidos no espetáculo deve estar em primeiro lugar. E o que resolveram fazer? Foram ao Tribunal de Justiça do Rio de Janeiro (TJRJ), já que incapazes foram de resolver sozinhos.

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O Judiciário já tem tanta coisa mais importante para se preocupar, mas precisou se manifestar sobre o caso, um caso tão infantil, digamos assim. A desembargadora Lúcia Helena do Passo, no plantão do TJRJ de sábado para domingo, mandou que a final da Taça Guanabara fosse em portões fechados. A magistrada criticou “manifestações públicas de representantes e dirigentes de clubes que acirram o conflito posto e, agressivamente, incitam a violência entre os torcedores, afastando-se dos ideais desportivos” – na véspera, Pedro Abad, presidente do Fluminense, falou que iria para a “guerra” (a expressão não foi a das melhores, apesar de bem explicada posteriormente pelo mandatário). Mas com todo respeito que tenho a desembargadora e ao Poder Judiciário, decisão foidesproporcional. Deveria ter deixado os portões abertos, mas aplicando maiores multas caso entendesse sobre quem deveria ficar ou não no setor sul.

Já no domingo, mesmo com a decisão de portões fechados em vigor, após reunião com a Federação de Futebol do Rio (outra omissa, deveria ter intermediado um acordo e não ter deixado chegar na situação que chegou), o Vasco, pelas redes sociais, anunciou que os portões seriam abertos às 15h. Descumprindo, no momento, assim, determinação da Justiça. Isto não poderia ter sido feito. Entendo e até compartilho da mesma opinião do clube e do presidente Alexandre Campello sobre a final com público – é inadmissível se pensar em uma final de campeonato com portões fechados, inadmissível -, mas nunca se descumpre decisão judicial. Por que não adiou em umas horas o jogo? Buscassem uma solução! Não poderiam ter deixado a vergonha acontecer. Coloco nesta conta de culpa até o Complexo Maracanã, que deveria ter sido mais ativo na questão.

A bola rolou, as infelizes cenas lamentáveis foram vistas (nem preciso discorrer sobre elas, todos já viram) e apenas na metade do primeiro tempo, com nova decisão judicial, os portões foram abertos. Repito: por que não adiou em umas horas o jogo? Tentava uma liminar em Brasília, batia o pé para transferir o jogo para um outro dia, entrassem em um acordo para o jogo e assim que acabasse, voltavam a discutir nos tribunais, com devidas reparações, penas, pedidos… O único fato é que não poderiam ter deixado acontecer era a briga. Gás de pimenta, tiros de borracha, correria… Torcedores trocaram a experiência de felicidade por suas equipes na final pelo medo por minutos. Tudo pela irresponsabilidade dos envolvidos em sua briga de quinta série.

Devemos observar, agora, as consequências da vergonha do domingo. O Judiciário deve se manifestar sobre o caso de novo, a Justiça Desportiva já se manifestou com a denúncia do procurador-geral André Valentim, a Ferj emitiu resolução falando que os próximos jogos de Vasco e Fluminense, em torneios que comandar, serão realizados somente com prévio acordo entre os clubes sobre o setor sul – por sinal, tarde demais hein dona Ferj, deveriam ter feito isto antes da confusão!…Vamos crescer, turma boa. Em pleno 2019 não é possível que brigas tão pequenas ganhem uma proporção enorme, acabando cada vez mais com o nosso querido futebol carioca.Será que as lições foram aprendidas? Vasco, Fluminense, Ferj, Maracanã, Poder Judiciário… Todos precisam refletir sobre o esporte, já que todos saíram perdendo.

Fico por aqui. Espero que na próxima edição possa trazer um tema mais agradável para quem segue a batida do esporte. Até quarta-feira que vem!

حقق فريق الوداد، الفوز على نظيره الدفاع الحسني الجديدي، بهدفين مقابل هدف، في المباراة التي جمعتهما مساء أمس الأربعاء بكأس المغرب.

الوداد واجه الدفاع الجديدي، على ملعب الأخير، ضمن منافسات دور ربع النهائي لكأس العرش في المغرب.

وسجل هدف الوداد الأول أمين فرحان من متابعة من داخل منطقة الجزاء بالدقيقة 37.

وتعادل فريق الدفاع الجديدي في الدقيقة 59 عن طريق حمزة الدرعي برأسية من داخل منطقة الجزاء.

طالع | الوداد يسعى لتجهيز مدافعه قبل مواجهة الأهلي في دوري أبطال إفريقيا

وعاد فريق الوداد إلى التقدم من جديد بواسطة لاعبه أيمن الحسوني، وذلك في الدقيقة 77 من ركلة جزاء.

ومن المقرر أن يصطدم الوداد بعد تأهله إلى دور نصف النهائي لكأس المغرب، بغريمه الرجاء.

الوداد يعد منافس الأهلي في نهائي دوري أبطال إفريقيا، هذا الموسم، حيث من المقرر أن يلتقيا في القاهرة في الذهاب يوم 4 من شهر يونيو المقبل.

وتقام مباراة الإياب بين الفريقين في المغرب يوم 11 من شهر يونيو. أهداف مباراة الوداد والدفاع الحسني الجديدي اليوم في كأس العرش:

The New Zealanders gained further time with bat and ball on the final day of their practice match in Paarl but it left them with plenty to ponder.

The Report by Firdose Moonda in Paarl30-Dec-2012
Scorecard File photo: Martin Guptill continued his good form and was then straight back into the nets•Associated Press

The New Zealanders gained further time with bat and ball on the final day of their practice match in Paarl but it left them with plenty to ponder. The bowlers only managed one further wicket, and seven overall, which will lead to questions about their ability to bowl a side out, especially as they were up against an XI made up of mostly amateur and under-19 players.Martin Guptill benefited most from time in the middle but the main concern with the bat was Dean Brownlie who scored just 6 after recovering from a stomach bug.Of the South African Invitation side, Keegan Petersen who plays for the local Boland amateur team impressed with both temperament and technique to deny a frustrated attack. Petrus Jeftha and Siya Simetu were the wicket-takers with aggression from the former and flight from the latter their stand-out features.Four overs into the day, the New Zealanders’ bowlers found their only success when Chris Martin had Shaun Libisch caught on the leg side. He did not add to his overnight score of 4 but Petersen was piling runs on with ease having survived an lbw appeal off Trent Boult that no-one but the bowler and wicketkeeper were interested in.It was with his drive through midwicket that the Invitation side overtook the New Zealanders’ score. With nothing to assist the bowlers the spinners were left to do the bulk of the work. The only other chance came three overs before lunch when Petersen smacked a Jeetan Patel delivery straight back at the bowler and although Patel got fingers to it he couldn’t hold on.While Petersen racked up runs on one end, Jeftha accumulated swiftly but almost without being noticed at the other. He brought up his half-century with a towering six over midwicket in the penultimate over before the break. The Invitation side declared at the interval to allow the New Zealanders more time in the middle but only Guptill cashed in.The Test opening pair of Guptill and McCullum put on 63 inside 13 overs with McCullum playing a carefree knock. Playing in such a style it was not a surprise when McCullum, who had made 65 in the first innings, picked out a fielder behind square. It was of no consequence here, but New Zealand will need his shot selection in top order come the Test.Brownlie was given permission to bat although he was not named in the tourists original 12 because of his illness. With Peter Fulton ruled out of the tour a concession was made but Brownlie did not make full use of his opportunity. He was tentative for the 13 minutes he spent at the crease and given out lbw to Jeftha having faced only 14 balls of competitive cricket before the first Test. He has, however, recovered from the virus which laid him low.Guptill continued to bat with confidence and his pull shot came out on numerous occasions, while Daniel Flynn accompanied him to the early end when the players shook hands at tea. Guptill was not entirely satisfied with the time he had in the middle and headed straight to the nets, while Kane Williamson, James Franklin and BJ Watling had to be content with one innings.

Moments after Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra called off a match that produced 1443 runs for the loss of 13 wickets without a single first-innings being completed, the UP coach Venkatesh Prasad waged a scathing attack on the pitch

Amol Karhadkar in Pune12-Nov-2012

Moments after Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra called off a match that produced 1443 runs for the loss of 13 wickets without a single first-innings being completed, the UP coach Venkatesh Prasad waged a scathing attack on the pitch. The track produced five centuries – including a triple-century – and all five turned out to be personal-best scores in first-class cricket. However, the most talked-about feature of the Group B tie at the Subrata Roy Sahara Stadium in Pune was the pitch.All one had to do was to remind Prasad that he had said two evenings ago that he would be in a better position to comment on the wicket at the end of the match and what followed for the next four minutes was a monologue.”It’s a pathetic wicket for a four-day match. Why I am saying this is because there were close to 1500 runs scored and still nobody could get the first-innings lead,” Prasad said. “The first innings itself didn’t get completed. That shows the unsportiveness of this pitch. I have been hearing that there is a directive from the BCCI to prepare sporting wickets and if this is the case, I don’t know what to say, honestly.”If a similar thing happens in a knockout game, obviously the game will be extended by another day. Why should a player be penalised? As it is, there are a lot of injuries. And playing on such a wicket on the sixth day, especially in the knockouts when the first innings doesn’t get completed, we are unnecessarily penalising a player and on top of that, the injuries are going to increase that much more.”I think the people who should be penalised are the [host] associations. That’s something which they need to bring in. That’s when we can start preparing good tracks, no matter who you favour. This is basically just not cricket. When you are playing on this sort of a pitch, you are killing the game, killing the interest as far as the spectators are concerned, and it gives false confidence to the batsmen. On top of that, the bowlers start doubting their abilities by playing on this sort of a track. So it is not going to help anybody. It’s not going to help the batsmen or the bowlers, and on top of that, the game itself.”Prasad wholeheartedly backed the UP captain Suresh Raina, who had criticised the wicket after the penultimate day’s play. “I completely second what Raina has said as far as the pitch is concerned and this is exactly my point of view. We need to play on wickets like how the Ghaziabad pitch was. We knew that Delhi was playing with a full-strength team and they had the best of the bowlers, but still… the whole thing is about the mindset and that’s where you create a winner. That’s very important. I am extremely unhappy with the way this game has gone as far the pitch is concerned.”Prasad also expressed concern on how the batsmen’s scores on such a track could end up overshadowing others who have scored less in difficult conditions. “By scoring triple-hundreds and stuff like that, they will straightaway claim places in the India A squad, the Duleep Trophy squad, that when the actual thing is that it’s a belter of a track. That doesn’t make any sense. Unnecessarily, scores like 300 here are putting pressure on those batsmen who are scoring 100s or 120s or 150s on really challenging tracks. He is going to lose his chance, that’s the whole point. Just imagine those players who are playing on challenging tracks – whether seaming or a turning track – and gets a 150, this one is going to overshadow that. But nobody knows the exact worth of his knock.”Prasad then criticised Maharashtra’s tactics of batting 35 minutes into the third day before declaring. “I am really unhappy with the unsportiveness of the [Maharashtra] side as well. They took their own sweet time to declare. It is just too difficult for me to understand. And if that is the mindset of the players, then I am sorry to say that they are not going to go anywhere from here.”Maharashtra’s young captain, Rohit Motwani, however, defended his team’s tactics. “Looking at the wicket, we knew we had to score more runs to be on the safer side. We came to bat on the third day to frustrate the opponent for fielding three days in a row. They came back very hard at us in scoring. We had to be patient and get their openers out after they got to a flying start,” Motwani, who scored a career-best 147, said.Motwani, however, agreed that the wicket fell short of acceptable standards. “We hope to get better pitches in the upcoming home games. It is a bit disappointing to score 700-plus runs and get just one point,” he said. “This wicket is one of the flattest in India. Even after getting some early wickets [on the last day], we knew it would not be easy to get wickets at regular intervals. We would definitely want a wicket which is a seven-pointer. We would like to have a result-oriented wicket in our upcoming home matches.”

تحدث محمد أبو جبل حارس مرمى نادي البنك الأهلي عن الفوز الذي حققه على نظيره الزمالك.

وكان استاد المقاولون العرب قد استضاف مواجهة الفريقين في دور الـ16 بالبطولة المحلية، والتي حسمها البنك الأهلي بثلاثية دون رد.

وقال أبوجبل في تصريحات لـ”أون تايم سبورتس”: “بابا فاسيليو دائمًا يتحدث عني بشكل جيد ويعطيني وضعي في الفريق، وهو مدرب كبير ومعه جهاز فني محترم، وكنا نحتاج فترة التوقف لنعمل على تنفيذ تعليماته، والفوز الكبير على الزمالك اليوم دليل على عمله الجيد مع الفريق”.

طالع | فاروق جعفر: التغييرات “المجاملة” سبب هزيمة الزمالك.. ويجب رحيل الجهاز الفني بالكامل

وقال أبو جبل عن سبب غيابه عن صفوف منتخب مصر: “أثق في اختيارات الجهاز الفني، وكل التوفيق لهم سواء أنا موجود أو لا أنا معهم بقلبي، وسأجتهد مع فريقي لكي أعود من جديد للمنتخب”.

وأكمل أبوجبل: “أشكر جماهير الزمالك الذين دعموني كثيرًا، وهم أذكياء ويعرفون كل شيء ويعرفون أن أبو جبل كان يُخلص في الزمالك، وأشكرهم على دعمهم”.

وواصل حديثه: “وضعنا في الدوري ليس جيدًا، ولكن نحاول أن نجتهد ونحقق انتصارات، سنحاول تحسين صورة البنك الأهلي الذي دائمًا يكون في مراكز متقدمة”.

يذكر، أنه بهذا الفوز قد تأهل البنك الأهلي لمواجهة سيراميكا كليوباترا في ربع نهائي كأس الرابطة.

Deccan Chargers coach Darren Lehmann has said he is confident that a better batting and fielding effort can help them end their winless run in this IPL season. He was speaking after Chargers’ five-wicket loss to Kolkata Knight Riders on Sunday when they took the game to the last over despite defending 126.”I was really proud of the way we fought with the ball. The pleasing thing which I love from a young group of players is that we keep fighting, that’s four games in a row we’ve gone down to the last over,” Lehmann said. “We were about 15 short with the bat but they bowled well. We should have made about 145. I think we lost five for 40 in the last eight overs when we were two down. It was a tough wicket to play on, but we should have made 145.”Lehmann has criticised his side’s fielding in the past and did it again, after Anand Rajan dropped Debabrata Das with 17 needed off 14 deliveries. “You always like to take those catches,” he said. “We needed to take that catch and we’d have been in the game. For me it’s just about getting some facets of our game right. Ticking off the boxes in the middle order, holding our catches and bowling like we did tonight. If we do that, we’ll win games.”He was also critical of Knight Riders’ batsmen and their inability to handle the Chargers fast bowlers. “Manoj Tiwary and Das could not handle [Dale] Steyn or Veer [Pratap Singh]. He [Tiwary] won’t be playing for India much longer.”Tiwary and Steyn shared words in the 16th over, and the batsman was almost run out when he strayed from his crease during the exchange. Lehmann said, “The shorter you bowl to these players the more they struggle. Then they hit one down to long-on.”Knight Riders captain Gautam Gambhir said that his side did well in testing conditions. “It was a good game of cricket. You want to play such games to test yourself in such conditions. Low-scoring games are very important in the tournament. It should not always be a high-scoring game. There have to be wickets for the bowlers as well, because they also come to play a game of cricket.”He also defended allrounder Yusuf Pathan, who has struggled with the bat through the tournament. “For me he is the biggest match-winner [and] if we can win games without him then that shows the depth in our team. I’m sure he will end up winning two or three games single-handed for us,” Gambhir said. And if Lehmann voiced doubts over Tiwary’s international future, Gambhir backed Das to do well. “Das has a lot of quality. If he keeps playing like this, then he will play for India.”

Shaun Marsh has reflected on a horrific Test summer, admitting that by the time of the final match in Adelaide he was “almost a walking wicket”

ESPNcricinfo staff05-Feb-2012

Shaun Marsh has reflected on a horrific Test summer as he begins his batting rehabilitation in the Sheffield Shield, admitting that by the time of the final match in Adelaide he was “almost a walking wicket”.Marsh is taking the field for Western Australia against Queensland at the Gabba this week, intent on regaining the form and confidence that drained so completely from his batting against India. He has acknowledged that the selectors’ call to send him back to his state, far from the madding crowd, was the right one.”I would love to be playing for Australia but it is going to be good for me to get out of the spotlight and train hard for WA,” Marsh told Brisbane’s . “I am not going to go hiding in this period. You can go two ways. You can take the easy option and go hide behind a brick wall or you can go about your business and go and get some runs again.”I am at the bottom of the barrel right now but other people have been in this position and come back and had nice careers for Australia. I know if I keep doing the right things it will change.”Having begun his Test career with so much poise in Sri Lanka and South Africa, Marsh battled to overcome a back complaint and was hurried back into the team for the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne, where he commenced a series that would reap a meagre 17 runs in six innings.Things were never worse than the first morning in Adelaide, when he missed a straight ball from R Ashwin to be bowled. Of that moment, Marsh said: “By the time of that dismissal I was just so tentative in the middle. I was almost like a walking wicket.”So much had changed from the first innings of the Cape Town Test against South Africa in November, when Marsh held his own against Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel and Vernon Philander on a treacherous pitch in the company of his captain Michael Clarke.”I was having the time of my life,” Marsh said. “I was just starting to feel at home in Test cricket. It was fantastic. It was tough but I was loving every minute of facing two of the best bowlers in the world in [Morne] Morkel and [Dale] Steyn on a very difficult wicket.”However a blow to the groin unbalanced Marsh, and soon after he began to feel growing pain and immobility in his back, losing his wicket soon after. He made a lame duck in the second innings, and has been unable to relocate his Test match touch since.”Two balls before lunch I got hit in the groin area,” Marsh said. “I felt myself seizing up in the lunch break. Just after lunch I felt a pop in my back. It got worse and worse and I got out shortly afterwards ([or 44].”

A round-up of the action from the fourth day of the sixth round of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Division Two

ESPNcricinfo staff15-Nov-2011Akbar Badshah’s 72 not out helped Peshawar chase 304 to beat Khan Research Laboratories by five wickets at the Arbab Niaz Stadium in Peshawar. It was an impressive chase considering the highest total in the previous three innings in the match was 261. The base had been set by Peshawar’s openers on the third day but, having started the fourth on 154 for 1, they lost three wickets and were 208 for 4. Badshah remained solid and was helped by Iftikhar Ahmed’s 27. Peshawar scored at 3.77 runs an over in their chase and reached the target 47.3 overs into the final day. The win put them on top of the points table.Karachi Whites needed only 18.4 overs on the final day to consign Multan to a resounding defeat by an innings and 151 runs at the National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi. Tabish Khan and Faraz Ahmed once again shared the spoils, and between them finished with 16 of the 20 wickets on offer, as Multan lost their last seven wickets for only 32 runs.Lahore Ravi lasted less that 30 overs on the final day at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore where Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited steam-rolled them by an innings and 120 runs. Resuming their second innings at 25 for 2, Lahore collapsed even more abjectly than in the first dig. No. 3 batsman Mohammad Saad was the only one to resist as Asad Ali (5 for 36) led SNGPL’s charge. Only two batsmen apart from Saad reached double figures, but it wasn’t enough to deny SNGPL full points. They joined Karachi Whites at joint-second position in the points table.Quetta hung on for a draw against United Bank Limited who pushed for an outright win after conceding the first-innings lead at the National Ground in Islamabad. Resuming their second innings at 107 for 4, UBL lost their last six wickets for 93 runs, leaving Quetta facing under 200 to win. Saeed Khan and Mohibullah picked up seven wickets. Quetta seemed intent to play for a draw from the outset, with Badar Ali playing out 113 balls for his 38. Tahir Mughal, Rumman Raees and Mohammad Irshad probed away to make inroads, but they couldn’t get the last three wickets.Hyderabad completed a remarkable turnaround to defeat Lahore Shalimar despite conceding an 88-run first-innings lead at the Lahore City Cricket Association. The seeds for the fightback had been sown on the third day when Lahore Shalimar stumbled to 79 in their second innings, but Hyderabad finished the day in strife at 74 for 6, still 88 adrift of an unlikely win. But the overnight batsmen, Mir Ali and Ghulam Yasin, adopted contrasting methods to haul the target in. Captain Mir smashed three sixes and four fours in a 59-ball 67, while Ghulam scored 33 off 85 points. The unbeaten 94-run stand stalled Lahore Shalimar, and the winning runs were hit in the 21st over of the day.